Ed Powers

Powers was born Mark Arnold Krinsky in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on October 25, 1954.

Powers is best known for his Dirty Debutantes porn series, which features amateur female performers (some making their porn debut) masturbating and having sex with both male and female performers, as well as his prurient fascination with female masturbation and anal sex.{{cite web|date=December 1, 2005|url=http://www.avn.com/movies/62281.html|title=AVN Reviews: Dirty Debutantes 2005 327 & 328|author=Star, Marc|work=AVN}}{{cite web|title=Ed Powers|url=http://videotramp.com/2011/09/24/ed-powers/|website=Videotramp.com|access-date=August 5, 2014|archive-date=August 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810200602/http://videotramp.com/2011/09/24/ed-powers/|url-status=dead}} The series has introduced many new porn actresses and helped those already in the business. Jamie Gillis was initially a co-producer on the series.[https://www.therialtoreport.com/2018/04/29/ed-powers/ Jamie Gillis vs. Ed Powers: The $20,000,000 Conflict Behind the Birth of Gonzo Porn]{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2115364/|title=More Dirty Debutantes 30|website=IMDb }} Mimi Miyagi also made her debut with Powers.[http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/leanni_lei.asp "Leanni Lei Interview"], by Roger T. Pipe, on the set of a Mimi Miyagi film, June 1999. Some have noticed an almost prurient fixation with matters of masturbation, anal sex, and human feces, be they his or others. Retrieved 2007-11-19.{{cite web

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}} Aurora Snow's first film was More Dirty Debutantes 152.{{cite web|url=http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/Aurora_Snow.asp |title=Aurora Snow Interview (July 2001) |access-date=2007-03-30 |author=Rog |date=July 2001 |publisher=Rogreviews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021016030141/http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/Aurora_Snow.asp |archive-date=October 16, 2002 |df=mdy }}

Powers twice filmed scenes with former Family Matters child star Jaimee Foxworth. In 2001, Sunrise Adams made her debut in More Dirty Debutantes 186, though she later referred to the experience of making the film as "nothing [she] want[s] to remember".[http://cavr.com/w00a9220.htm Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126103740/http://www.cavr.com/w00a9220.htm |date=November 26, 2005 }} of Babes in Pornland No. 02 Teen Babes, mentioning behind-the-scenes interview with Adams Katie Morgan's first scene was in Dirty Debutantes 197.{{cite web|url=http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/katie_morgan.asp|title=Katie Morgan Interview|access-date=2007-07-02|author=Roger T. Pipe|date=January 2003|publisher=rogreviews.com|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829000401/http://www.rogreviews.com/27121/interview-katie-morgan/|url-status=dead}} Lisa Sparxxx, who would later go onto the break the world record for having sex with the most men in one day, made her film debut in Dirtier Debutants #4 in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/lisa_sparxxx.asp?|title=Lisa Sparxxx Interview|access-date=2007-05-12|author=Rog|date=January 2005|publisher=rogreview.com}}{{cite news|author=Nancy O'Hara |title=Innerviews–Venus |work=AVN |url=http://www.avn.com/video/articles/22363.html |date=January 1, 2005 |access-date=2007-12-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823014533/http://www.avn.com/video/articles/22363.html |archive-date=August 23, 2008 }}{{cite web|url= http://www.avninsider.com/stories/fotbfelixvicious080202.shtml|title = Fresh Flesh: Felix Vicious|access-date=2007-07-05|date=August 2, 2002|publisher=AVN| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406072903/http://www.avninsider.com/stories/fotbfelixvicious080202.shtml| archive-date = April 6, 2007}} Audrey Hollander's first scene was in More Dirty Debutantes 268.{{cite web|url= http://www.avninsider.com/stories/audreyotto.shtml|title= Fresh Flesh: Audrey Hollander and Otto Bauer|access-date= 2008-08-04|author= Mike Ramone|date= April 21, 2004|publisher= AVN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070406084953/http://www.avninsider.com/stories/audreyotto.shtml|archive-date= April 6, 2007}} In 2005, HIV positive adult actress Brooke Ashley returned to the adult industry in Dirty Debutantes 328. She was filmed having sex with her boyfriend Eddie Wood, who is also HIV positive.{{cite web|date=August 11, 2005|work=AVN|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/22639.html|title=Powers Shoots HIV-Positive, Hetero Scene|author=Kernes, Mark|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505083252/http://business.avn.com/articles/22639.html|archive-date=May 5, 2010|df=mdy-all}}

Powers hosted a late-night weekend radio talk show on 97.1 KLSX in Los Angeles, known as Bedtime Stories, in which various guests connected with sex in some way; the show hosted swingers, prostitutes, and porn stars, who would talk with Powers about sex and take listener calls. His co-host was a young Latina woman named Elizabeth who had performed in a number of his films under the pseudonym Bonita. Guests included Bridget Powers, Luke Ford and Max Hardcore. The radio show was rated number one in its time slot.

Powers made a one-time appearance in the professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla to support wrestlers Top Gun Talwar and Hook Bomberry. In 2008, he released a book about the adult film industry called Naked, and produced a documentary of the same name that featured adult performers such as Buck Angel. In 2009, he appeared in the film Crank: High Voltage.{{cite web|title=Ed Powers|publisher=Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/ed-powers/}}

Powers was severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis, and his home in the Granada Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles was foreclosed by Wells Fargo.{{cite web|website=blockshopper.com|publisher=BlockShopper|title=11550 Zelzah Avenue|url=http://blockshopper.com/ca/los-angeles-county/los-angeles/property/2601037034/11550-zelzah-avenue}}

• 1996 AVN Awards – Reuben Sturman Memorial Award
• 1998 XRCO Awards – XRCO Hall of Fame[http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm XRCO Hall of Fame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007005528/http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm |date=October 7, 2007 }}
• 2001 AVN Awards – Reuben Sturman Memorial Award
• 2003 AVN Awards – Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series for The Real Naturals{{cite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |title=AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS |publisher=AVN |access-date=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020212409/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |archive-date=October 20, 2007 |df=mdy }}

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